Coronavirus Outbreak | Number Of COVID-19 Cases In India Rises To 471: ICMR

India entered lockdown mode to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak as train, metro and long-distance bus services were closed with only essential services allowed to operate in 80 districts and 13 states till March 31. The deadly novel coronavirus outbreak aka COVID-19 has led to seven documented deaths in the country so far. According to ICMR, the total number of positive cases stood at 360 on Sunday evening. However, IMCR puts the total number of cases at 396.

On Sunday, India observed a 14-hour Janata Curfew as an effort to break the coronavirus spread chain. In the evening, government extended the lockdown in 80 districts, including big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai, which have seen confirmed cases of the COVID-19 disease. Apart from these districts 13 states have also announced complete lockdowns. They are Maharashtra, Kerala, Haryana, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, Delhi, Nagaland, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and Rajasthan.

More than 13,000 people have now died from COVID-19 in the world so far. An estimated 92,000 of the 304,500 people who contracted the disease globally have recovered. (With Agency Inputs)

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